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EVERTON are giving Gary Naysmith all the time he needs to recover from ankle surgery that ruled him out of Scotland’s World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Belarus at the end of last season. The Sun reports that while Naysmith has travelled with Davie Moyes’s squad to Austria for pre-season training, he is still at least four weeks away from a playing return. “He’ll be doing mainly swimming and cycling,” said Mick Rathbone, the Everton physio.

The same newspaper also reports that Maurice Ross has rejected a move to Sheffield Wednesday. The Rangers right-back was not willing to take a 65% pay cut to join Paul Sturrock at Hillsborough, and is now hoping that Wigan follow up a £100,000 bid for his services.

The Daily Express reports that Falkirk have cancelled their pre-season tour of northern England as a mark of respect for 17-year-old Craig Gowans, who tragically died in